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Appellate Advocacy Blog Weekly Roundup Friday, October 12

By Danny C. Leavitt

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Each week, the Appellate Advocacy Blog Weekly Roundup presents a few tidbits of news and Twitter posts from the past week concerning appellate advocacy. As always, if you see something during the week that you think we should be sure to include, feel free to send Dan a quick email at DReal@Creighton.edu or a message on Twitter @Daniel_L_Real. You can also send emails to Danny Leavitt at Danny@tsalerno-law.com or a message on twitter @Danny_C_Leavitt. 

Supreme Court Opinions and News:

 

This week included several oral arguments at the Supreme Court, one of which included Justice Kavanaugh’s first time sitting as a justice. Adam Liptak (@adamliptak) writes about it here.

Adam Feldman at SCOTUS blog writes about what to look for in Kavanaugh’s first term. View Adam’s analysis here.

The D.C. Circuit Court lodged complaints about Justice Kvenaugh’s statements he made during his confirmation hearings concerning his time in the Bush administration and statements concerning the Democrats’ allegations of sexual misconduct against him. After being sworn in, Justice Kavanaugh stated he bears no bitterness and is grateful to serve as a justice. The complaint is reported about here. 

Chief Justice Roberts then referred the complaint to the 10th Circuit Court of Appeals. 

 

Federal Appellate Court News:

 

A San Diego prosecutor is among 3 Californians nominated to the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals. Read about it here. 

 

The Senate has confirmed several judges to the courts of appeals:

 

– Idaho Falls native gets confirmed to the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals. The Post Register reports it here. 

– Richard Sullivan confirmed to the 2nd Circuit Court of Appeals. The vote to confirm was 79-16. 

– And this article at the Washington Post about other judges being confirmed. 

 

State Appellate Court News:

 

Washington Supreme Court outlaws the death penalty. Mark Joseph Stern (@mjs_DC) writes about it here. 

 

Practice Pointers and Tips:

 

Advocates used to write briefs pointed toward Justice Kennedy as the swing vote. Now, briefs may be directed toward Justice Gorsuch. Mark Stern has this piece about the briefs.